Camera IconSolo superstar Phil Collins was a member of long-running English prog-rock band, Genesis.Picture: Supplied

“I’ve got my son playing drums. That adds to it.

“He’s been totally accepted by this band of hard-knocks like (long-time bassist) Leland Sklar and my group of musicians. They all accept him an equal.”

Despite two concerts at London’s Royal Albert Hall being postponed from June to November last year after Collins had a fall in his hotel room, the music legend said the tour had gone according to plan.

The five dates at the Royal Albert Hall sold out within 15 seconds.

“As long as we can think of somewhere to go and we get a few breaks, we’ll keep doing it,” he said.

Collins, who has been front-loading shows with soft-rock hit ballads such as One More Night, Another Day in Paradise and Against All Odds, reportedly walks with the aid of a walking stick and performs the concert seated.

It’s time to do it all again and I’m excited ... It just feels right- Phil Collins

“In the old days, I ran around like crazy,” he told Rolling Stone.

“I was worried that is what people would expect. Actually, there was an English reviewer that pointed out there’s a kind of growing-old-gracefully thing to it.

“I go onstage and I stay seated the whole night,” Collins said. “The band picks up some of the slack in terms of the energy. It means that people are focused on the music and I am too.

“So far it hasn’t been a problem at all. It’s been very positive, if anything.

“It’s physically impossible for me to stand for two and a half hours without going through real pain.”

Phil Collins plays RAC Arena on January 28. Tickets go on sale on September 5 from Ticketek outlets with a pre-sale starting on August 30.